Quiz #1: Inductive Argument—The Scientific Method Due No Later than Saturday 4/10 at midnight. Send it to me as an e-mail attachment to rmeredith3@q.cm. After the deadline, you will not receive full credit.
Do Exercise 3 on page 175 of The Vocabulary of Critical Thinking.
Use the following form to schematize the argument:
The schematization is all that you need to send me.
Suggestions about how to answer the question:
Start with a statement of Redi’s conclusion—remember that his conclusion is his hypothesis so be specific.
Once you have written his conclusion, write down all the evidence/data from his experiment and decide which are the main premises. There should be at least 2.
Pay attention to the following concepts in your schematization: · Necessary condition · Sufficient Condition · Hypothesis · Statement · Controlled Experiment · Variables
this file is a handout detailing the main steps of the Scientific Method which we covered on Thursday.
Quiz #1: Inductive Argument—The Scientific Method
Due No Later than Saturday 4/10 at midnight. Send it to me as an e-mail attachment to rmeredith3@q.cm. After the deadline, you will not receive full credit.
Do Exercise 3 on page 175 of The Vocabulary of Critical Thinking.
Use the following form to schematize the argument:
MP1 [Statement]
MP2 [Statement]
* Additional Premises if needed
Conclusion [Statement]
The schematization is all that you need to send me.
Suggestions about how to answer the question:
Start with a statement of Redi’s conclusion—remember that his conclusion is his hypothesis so be specific.
Once you have written his conclusion, write down all the evidence/data from his experiment and decide which are the main premises. There should be at least 2.
Pay attention to the following concepts in your schematization:
· Necessary condition
· Sufficient Condition
· Hypothesis
· Statement
· Controlled Experiment
· Variables
this file is a handout detailing the main steps of the Scientific Method which we covered on Thursday.